Self-Care for Asthma-Using Your Inhaler

For Everyone

Key points

  • You can control your asthma by taking your medicine exactly as your doctor or other medical professional tells you to.
  • Use these videos to learn the correct way to use your metered dose inhaler.
Boy using an asthma inhaler

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Watch a video to follow along with the correct way to use your metered dose inhaler.

Using a metered dose inhaler with a spacer

Spanish version: Cómo usar un inhalador de dosis fija con espaciador (YouTube)

Printed instructions:
Using a metered dose inhaler with a spacer
Spanish version: Cómo usar un inhalador de dosis fija con espaciador

Using a metered dose inhaler (inhaler in mouth)

Spanish version: Cómo usar un inhalador de dosis fija (inhalador de boca) (YouTube)

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Published: May 15, 2024
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